Have you spoken to her previous caretaker? Can they give you any suggestions? I feel so bad for both of you. Is there any way the previous caretaker would be willing to meet with you and her to see if she would eat in their presence?

Have you spoken to her previous caretaker? Can they give you any suggestions? I feel so bad for both of you. Is there any way the previous caretaker would be willing to meet with you and her to see if she would eat in their presence?

Awh thank you, that is an adorable picture, you are so thoughtful. I did speak with the caretaker and she told me to give it time. That's what everyone was saying because she would eat one thing one day, then the next day refuse to eat it and I had to find something else. I made her chicken, ground beef and ground turkey, tried her old dry and wet food, tried this other dry food, tried 3 other kinds of wet and nothing. I tried baby food and instead the cats ate it.

The previous owner lives about an hour and half away. If this teeth cleaning does not work, I am going to try your suggestion. Either way she needs her teeth cleaned and her gums are red, so maybe they are hurting her. She looks at me shaking her butt and wagging her tail when I feed the cats, so this poor angel is probably starving. All I can do is pray and pray and pray. So far she has been getting better with sleeping. She would be up all night, maybe bc she was constipated. As I type, she is sleeping like a princess. I guess she is so tired bc she is "pooped out".

When I picked her up this evening, she came running toward me, wagging her tail shaking her butt and so excited to see me. I just cried bc I was so happy to be able to take her home. I guess in time after she knows humans are good, I won't feel so bad about leaving her if she has to spend a night at the vet's office for whatever reason.

Seeing how attached we are to our pets, I cannot fathom how there are parents who freely drop their children off or do horrible things to them. I can only imagine how I will be when I have children. But I give mothers who have human children so much credit. It's work with Miss Daisy, I could not even imagine everything mothers with human children go through. Now I can understand why parents stay in the hospital, at their child's side when being left there overnight. I would stay for the surgery tomorrow but I don't want to be neurotic. Maybe it will be good for me to rest/relax. After all, she won't be there overnight, it will be a same day procedure.

Semi on topic, today I saw a woman at the grocery store who looked like a chimp. I'm not using ANY sort of literary licence here. She ACTUALLY looked like a (shaved, plucked) chimp. I had to do a double-take. She would have been a very *pretty* one, but for a human... And they say they're the same as us? HOW?! Its not like I'm against them existing, just, y'know, as part of THEIR culture, not mine.

This reminds me of this child and his father who lived on our block. The man's mother still lives there so he visits there with his son, he also lived next door for a short period of time. He apparently fathered a child with some non-White, I mentioned to my brother how ugly this man's child is, and he says, "ughhh, that boy looks like a monkey!" He also is a jerk: he went from being a chiropractor to now a repo man. We were never fond of this family but now him having that child gives my brother and I more reason to not associate with him. I don't like he bedded with a non-White (who knows, he might've lost his practice by sleeping with a non-White patient) and my brother won't talk to him bc he is a real jo and also my brother wonders what is wrong with him to have a non-White child - my brother thinks the guy is insane and wants nothering to do with his cockiness and insanity.

But I am glad I did take her and the vet did what he had to do. She also lost within a week 11 oz! She now weighs 9 pounds so that is alot for her, that is like 10%. But otherwise, she is a very happy and sociable pup.

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I thought your dog was a puppy so i didnt think of painful teeth or gums, which is a likely cause of being off food

also the rescue remedy wont have an immediate effect so continue it for a week or so before you give up on that

Also remember that dogs are more scavangers so dont be alarmed if it eats some poo or something dead while out walking

Again unless she is really underweight dont worry if it occasionaly is off food for maybe up to a week, like plants can survive on little water rather than too much, your dog naturally is built to gorge and then go without for a few days or even more

I feel that if the vet has noticed plaque build up, then this is likely a cause for not eating, so expect improvement once her teeth are cleaned

[Cayenne powder was one of the igredients of my friends magic dog pills along with garlic and carob and cod liver oil - again it may not have an immediate effect so persevere]

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She barely has eaten.
She has not went since Monday so I brought her to the vet today thinking maybe she needs an anti-anxiety or appetite enhancer drug,

I was also worried bc she spent most of her life in a cage and also She does not take treats, as she never got them, and is not eating dry food, so I cannot say she has been eating things that will help.

Just my opinion kitty, but I think you may have overwhelmed her with the many new creatures you have exposed her to. Some animals adjust to a new home quicker than others, but the older a dog the more difficult it may be for them to adjust to new surroundings.

It might benefit her to just be with you for a while. Also try hand feeding her.

Most animals need time to adjust to new surroundings.
When I had horses (we purchased quarter horses for our riding pleasure); before attempting to ride them we gave them a couple of months to get use to their new surroundings and us. We walked, groomed and hand fed them in order to familiarize them with their new envoirnment and riders.

Just my opinion kitty, but I think you may have overwhelmed her with the many new creatures you have exposed her to. Some animals adjust to a new home quicker than others, but the older a dog the more difficult it may be for them to adjust to new surroundings.

It might benefit her to just be with you for a while. Also try hand feeding her.

Most animals need time to adjust to new surroundings.
When I had horses (we purchased quarter horses for our riding pleasure); before attempting to ride them we gave them a couple of months to get use to their new surroundings and us. We walked, groomed and hand fed them in order to familiarize them with their new envoirnment and riders.

Thank you. But she was already used to living with many animals. In the area she was kept, there were probably 10 dogs and the woman kept another 10 or 11 in her home. There were farm cats everywhere and also Miss Daisy would hang out inside the barn. So I thought it would be perfect. Also, she could care less abt the other animals and dogs. They all get along. I do keep her with me while I am on the computer, knitting or crocheting. I also play classical music to help her relax and give her doggy massages while talking to her in a soft, low tone of voice.

Just my opinion kitty, but I think you may have overwhelmed her with the many new creatures you have exposed her to. Some animals adjust to a new home quicker than others, but the older a dog the more difficult it may be for them to adjust to new surroundings.

It might benefit her to just be with you for a while. Also try hand feeding her.

Most animals need time to adjust to new surroundings.
When I had horses (we purchased quarter horses for our riding pleasure); before attempting to ride them we gave them a couple of months to get use to their new surroundings and us. We walked, groomed and hand fed them in order to familiarize them with their new envoirnment and riders.

I do thank you for your advice. What I just posted, I don't want you to think I was rude or nasty. I just tried explaining that I thought the animals would not have an affect on her. I did try handfeeding her but she just sniffs it and walks away. When I am feeding the cats, she does get all excited and she looks like she wants to eat. So hopefully after she gets her teeth cleaned, she will be back to normal. My one cat needed his teeth cleaned bc his breath STUNK and he would not eat. After they got cleaned, he ate like a 7-day refugee.

I do thank you for your advice. What I just posted, I don't want you to think I was rude or nasty. I just tried explaining that I thought the animals would not have an affect on her. I did try handfeeding her but she just sniffs it and walks away. When I am feeding the cats, she does get all excited and she looks like she wants to eat. So hopefully after she gets her teeth cleaned, she will be back to normal. My one cat needed his teeth cleaned bc his breath STUNK and he would not eat. After they got cleaned, he ate like a 7-day refugee.

You are welcome, Kitty. I know how difficult it can be when an animal does not seem to adjust. Some dogs just take to one person. I once rescued a young puppy, and because she was of a mixed breed known not to be to sociable; I exposed her to lots of persons. No matter, she never seemed to take to anyone; she only wanted to be with me or obey only me. Some dogs are like that an animal behaviorist told me. They are “one person” dogs. She was a great pet.

As to the teeth, small dogs with pug faces often have teeth problems. My Lhasa Apso had more dental related visits to the vet than I did visits to my dentist. It never affected her appetite though but she was a very fussy eater.

Good luck with your new doggie. I think it is great that you respect others advice and know we just want to help.